Prúiseach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From An Phrúis (“Prussia”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]Prúiseach (genitive singular masculine Prúisigh, genitive singular feminine Prúisí, plural Prúiseacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Prúiseach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Prúiseach | Phrúiseach | Prúiseacha; Phrúiseacha² | |
Vocative | Phrúisigh | Prúiseacha | ||
Genitive | Prúisí | Prúiseacha | Prúiseach | |
Dative | Prúiseach; Phrúiseach¹ |
Phrúiseach; Phrúisigh (archaic) |
Prúiseacha; Phrúiseacha² | |
Comparative | níos Prúisí | |||
Superlative | is Prúisí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
[edit]Prúiseach m (genitive singular Prúisigh, nominative plural Prúisigh)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Prúiseach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Prúiseach | Phrúiseach | bPrúiseach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Prúiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “Prussian”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Prúiseach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm